Trivial Pursuit

Cam · 03-31-2003, 04:45 PM

Has anyone played the 20th anniversary edition and how hard is it? One of my friends has it and complains that it is way to hard. Me and another one of my friends the only two of the group that will sit and debate history with one another keep wanting to try it but havn't had a chance. Just wondering if anyone here had played it and not found it overly difficult.

04-01-2003, 05:24 AM

Ja, we have two copies of it (or we did before the fire, I think). The questions are ridiculously difficult when compared with older versions of Trivial Pursuit. It is truly unreal.

Expect to be playing a <b>long time</b> before someone gets all six pieces.

elSicomoro · 04-01-2003, 12:58 PM

I haven't played said version, but even for a Cliff Clavin like me, that game was hard as hell.

Elspode · 04-01-2003, 02:02 PM

I've always done quite well at Trivial Pursuit in the past (I've had it since it first came out, and have added several card sets over the years), but it sounds like they've outdone themselves this time. I was considering buying the new edition, but I don't need anything more than my job to make me feel stupid, so maybe I'll pass.

04-01-2003, 02:39 PM

Well see, that's the thing. From watching the History Channel/TLC/Discovery so damn much, and from reading various history things, and from being fairly up on pop culture, I have traditionally done very well with Trivial Pursuit. But the 20th Anniversary Edition shattered it. I'll find one of our games and put some of the questions here, but it's the most obscure shit they've ever come up with. It's as if the real subtitle was meant to be "Super Mega Fucking Hard Edition". Some of the questions, no big deal. But when you've got questions like "This nation's GDP, while the second largest in the 'Third World' economy, is equal to the United States' military budget for one day in February."... it becomes a guessing game. Seriously, plan <b>hours</b> to play this game, because it's no longer a nice game after dinner. You need a whole evening.

Elspode · 04-01-2003, 03:04 PM

When it came out in the 80's, I bought it and took it over to a friend's house, where four of us sat down to a nice game. Eight hours later (and by then, shit-faced), we gave up.

I've since gotten better...

Griff · 04-01-2003, 03:06 PM

We played it Sat night as part of our traditional Adirodack vacation. Guys defeated gals wooo hooo. I think it is a harder edition but we have a solid team one biology prof, one history major, one theatre major, a dead head who spent about a decade as an undergrad, and an English teacher with background in political science and landscape architecture. Get more friends and a minor and you'll be fine.

Elspode · 04-01-2003, 03:14 PM

I don't understand what having a minor does to help the game. I'd hate to go to jail for corrupting a minor... <ducks>

Griff · 04-01-2003, 03:16 PM

*groan*

Cam · 04-01-2003, 03:30 PM

Thanks dave and everyone else now I won't feel so stupid if I don't do well if I play it, and I know to buy the older edition if I decide to buy a version. I was really having a hard time believing it was so hard becuase I used to play it in 6th grade all the time and did half decent.

Undertoad · 04-01-2003, 03:34 PM

Don't look now but there is a trial version at trivialpursuit.com.

I went 7 for 7. Nyehh. OK, with 4 guesses.

Questions I got:

- What trendy magazine honors the best in tech with its annual Rave awards?

- What nation enjoyed the first canned corned beef packaged as "Godzilla Meat" in 2001?

- What was the first feature-film trilogy to be shot concurrently with the same cast?

- What did a 2001 survey of 5,000 navels determine was "almost always" the color of belly-button lint?

- What's the most expensive real estate on the US National Parks edition of the Monopoly Game?

- What soft drink, introduced in 1982, was the number three US seller within two years?

- What Homer Simpson epithet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001?

Answers:

-- Wired

-- Japan

-- Lord of the Rings

-- Blue

-- Yellowstone

-- Diet Coke

-- Doh!

Elspode · 04-01-2003, 03:47 PM

I was four for six...

BrianR · 04-01-2003, 07:00 PM

I only got three out of six

oh well

slang · 04-01-2003, 07:28 PM

I knew "Doh". That was about it though. Looks like Ut's a genius, Ep's borderline, brianR's sharp........and I know about things never asked in TP.

99 44/100% pure · 04-02-2003, 09:09 AM

I knew the belly-button-lint one for certain (don't ask), but correctly guessed four others. Didn't know the Homer Simpson one, but I'm used to being hopelessly out of touch about that stuff. Brilliant though UT may be, I don't think his correct responses here illustrate anything more than having a head stuffed with, well, TRIVIA. Or perhaps I should just speak for myself.

03-31-2003, 04:45 PM	#1
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Trivial Pursuit Has anyone played the 20th anniversary edition and how hard is it? One of my friends has it and complains that it is way to hard. Me and another one of my friends the only two of the group that will sit and debate history with one another keep wanting to try it but havn't had a chance. Just wondering if anyone here had played it and not found it overly difficult. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-01-2003, 02:02 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've always done quite well at Trivial Pursuit in the past (I've had it since it first came out, and have added several card sets over the years), but it sounds like they've outdone themselves this time. I was considering buying the new edition, but I don't need anything more than my job to make me feel stupid, so maybe I'll pass. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-01-2003, 03:04 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	When it came out in the 80's, I bought it and took it over to a friend's house, where four of us sat down to a nice game. Eight hours later (and by then, shit-faced), we gave up. I've since gotten better... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-01-2003, 03:06 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We played it Sat night as part of our traditional Adirodack vacation. Guys defeated gals wooo hooo. I think it is a harder edition but we have a solid team one biology prof, one history major, one theatre major, a dead head who spent about a decade as an undergrad, and an English teacher with background in political science and landscape architecture. Get more friends and a minor and you'll be fine. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-01-2003, 03:14 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I don't understand what having a minor does to help the game. I'd hate to go to jail for corrupting a minor... <ducks> __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-01-2003, 05:24 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Ja, we have two copies of it (or we did before the fire, I think). The questions are ridiculously difficult when compared with older versions of Trivial Pursuit. It is truly unreal. Expect to be playing a <b>long time</b> before someone gets all six pieces.

04-01-2003, 12:58 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I haven't played said version, but even for a Cliff Clavin like me, that game was hard as hell.

04-01-2003, 02:39 PM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Well see, that's the thing. From watching the History Channel/TLC/Discovery so damn much, and from reading various history things, and from being fairly up on pop culture, I have traditionally done very well with Trivial Pursuit. But the 20th Anniversary Edition shattered it. I'll find one of our games and put some of the questions here, but it's the most obscure shit they've ever come up with. It's as if the real subtitle was meant to be "Super Mega Fucking Hard Edition". Some of the questions, no big deal. But when you've got questions like "This nation's GDP, while the second largest in the 'Third World' economy, is equal to the United States' military budget for one day in February."... it becomes a guessing game. Seriously, plan <b>hours</b> to play this game, because it's no longer a nice game after dinner. You need a whole evening.

04-01-2003, 03:16 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	groan __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-01-2003, 03:30 PM	#10
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	Thanks dave and everyone else now I won't feel so stupid if I don't do well if I play it, and I know to buy the older edition if I decide to buy a version. I was really having a hard time believing it was so hard becuase I used to play it in 6th grade all the time and did half decent. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-01-2003, 03:34 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Don't look now but there is a trial version at trivialpursuit.com. I went 7 for 7. Nyehh. OK, with 4 guesses. Questions I got: - What trendy magazine honors the best in tech with its annual Rave awards? - What nation enjoyed the first canned corned beef packaged as "Godzilla Meat" in 2001? - What was the first feature-film trilogy to be shot concurrently with the same cast? - What did a 2001 survey of 5,000 navels determine was "almost always" the color of belly-button lint? - What's the most expensive real estate on the US National Parks edition of the Monopoly Game? - What soft drink, introduced in 1982, was the number three US seller within two years? - What Homer Simpson epithet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001? Answers: -- Wired -- Japan -- Lord of the Rings -- Blue -- Yellowstone -- Diet Coke -- Doh!

04-01-2003, 03:47 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I was four for six... __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-01-2003, 07:00 PM	#13
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I only got three out of six oh well __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

04-01-2003, 07:28 PM	#14
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	I knew "Doh". That was about it though. Looks like Ut's a genius, Ep's borderline, brianR's sharp........and I know about things never asked in TP.

04-02-2003, 09:09 AM	#15
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	I knew the belly-button-lint one for certain (don't ask), but correctly guessed four others. Didn't know the Homer Simpson one, but I'm used to being hopelessly out of touch about that stuff. Brilliant though UT may be, I don't think his correct responses here illustrate anything more than having a head stuffed with, well, TRIVIA. Or perhaps I should just speak for myself. __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

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